I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.579″The Magellan Clan has their circumstances too.”

by fnovelpia

Meanwhile, at the exact moment when our Icarus had reduced the May Clan to what it once was, and other clans were tearing into its territory like piranhas…

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<Notice: Dove faction is crushed, now for cleanup>

-[May Clan is definitely crushed]

-[The strongest members of the internal dove faction are crushed, so the remaining ones won’t cause any more trouble]

-[Yay~]

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The Magellan Clan seemed quite satisfied watching the collapse of the May Clan that they had orchestrated through Icarus.

And by now, as everyone knows, the reason why the Magellan Clan so thoroughly destroyed the May Clan was…

Not simply because they were an opposition faction against the Magellan Clan, but because they were literally the leader and powerhouse of the dove faction within the “Pan-Magellan Alliance.”

Of course, right after the May Clan collapsed, some users began to openly express suspicions that this incident might be an internal purge by the Magellan Clan.

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Title: This May Clan collapse incident seems kinda suspicious?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of approximately 7 surrounding clans tearing apart the former main clan’s territory.jpg]

I mean, what kind of place was the May Clan?

They’ve been openly opposing the Magellan Clan’s expansion plans from the beginning, pushing for a peace policy

They were literally the representatives of the peace movement within the Pan-Magellan Alliance, and now they’ve been crushed by Icarus?

This makes me suspect that Magellan straight-up paid for this mess

Comments:

-[Nope, not true]

-[Hmm, maybe]

-[Aren’t you overthinking this?]

-[So you’re saying the Magellan Clan completely destroyed the May Clan, which has been their ally and subordinate clan, just because they expressed opposition to their views?]

-˪[That’s a bit much…]

-[This seems too conspiracy-theory-like, just take down the post]

-[Magellan Clan doing good work, damn]

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Of course, no matter how suspiciously users looked at it.

As soon as posts were uploaded on forums, thousands of users who were “somehow extremely friendly to the Magellan Clan while simultaneously hostile to other users” would flood in.

And with the massive reporting rush from these users causing the posts to be deleted, it was impossible for any unidentified conspiracy theories to form even if they wanted to.

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But even for the Magellan Clan, who was manipulating public opinion in this way, the current situation wasn’t looking good.

After all, what was the reason the May Clan had grown in size while leading the dove faction?

Despite being called one of the “Big 4 Clans” and clearly established as a representative clan of a faction…

Using the excuse that Humanity had suggested to the Magellan Clan that they invade Justice and the Monster factions to divide their territories, they kept showing a submissive attitude toward Humanity.

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<Notice: Don’t cause unnecessary problems>

-[Are we Humanity’s errand boys or what?]

-[Now we have to sacrifice even our subordinate clans to Humanity?]

-[Clan Leader, this isn’t right]

-[The May Clan was causing trouble, that’s true]

-[But this is going too far]

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Within the Magellan Clan, it was inevitable that questions would arise like “Do we really need to crush them like this? We’re strong enough to resist Humanity if necessary, aren’t we?”

But to such reactions, the upper echelon of the Magellan Clan only shook their heads and showed negative responses…

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<Notice: Don’t cause unnecessary problems>

-[You think we’re strong enough to resist Humanity?]

-[Aren’t we?]

-[Uh, no we’re not]

-[Did you know Humanity recently absorbed all the technicians from the former Earth Federation in an event?]

-[Really?]

-[Yeah]

-[Remember the coup that happened in the Earth Federation interim government within Icarus’s territory?]

-[Oh, that]

-[Why is that suddenly relevant?]

-[Because of the coup that beheaded the chairman, all the Earth Federation researchers remaining in Humanity’s territory have joined Humanity]

-[?]

-[Wait, does that mean Humanity can now develop technology independently like other factions?]

-[That’s not all. There’s talk about expanding shipyards to mass-produce Jormungand-class and Yggdrasil-class ships](Clan Leader)

-[Insane]

-[Their scale is already overwhelming, so what’s the point of us acting alone in this situation?](Clan Leader)

-[Ah]

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That’s right.

From the perspective of the Magellan Clan’s upper echelon, even if they wanted to resist Humanity’s pressure, they had no means to do so.

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<Notice: Don’t cause unnecessary problems>

-[Our population has already decreased significantly, so what are we supposed to do against Humanity?]

-[Should we retaliate because we feel bad? If we openly resist in the current situation, Humanity’s next target won’t be Justice or Monsters, but us, you idiots]

-[Sigh]

-[Are we just pushovers?!]

-[Yes we are. Our user population barely exceeds half of Humanity’s]

-[And it’s not like we’ve completely taken over the Xenovia Empire either, we only control two-thirds of it, how can we resist?]

-[If we mess up, it won’t just be the May Clan and the dove faction getting their heads cracked, but all of us]

-[I’m sorry]

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As the clan executives lamenting in the chat room said, if they made a wrong move, not just the May Clan but all the users of the Magellan Clan and the Xenovia Empire could end up being crushed.

So while they grumbled reluctantly, they all showed reactions suggesting there was nothing they could do about it.

But that was only temporary.

The Magellan Clan did have their own plans.

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<Notice: Don’t cause unnecessary problems>

-[So are we just going to keep being dragged around by Humanity?]

-[Of course not](Clan Leader)

-[We need to gather more strength and somehow increase the number of users affiliated with us](Clan Leader)

-[And when Humanity tries to use us in their all-out war against Justice and Monster factions]

-[We pretend to be used while making Humanity bear most of the combat]

-[Ohhh]

-[Then later at a critical moment, we can stab them in the back, or there are many other options]

-[For example?]

-[My fingers would hurt too much to explain everything here, I’ll tell you when the time comes]

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It wasn’t for nothing that people said if you just take things lying down, you might as well replace your “user” tag with an “NPC” tag.

The Magellan Clan had very thoroughly prepared the means to deliver a sweet backstab to Humanity in response to their pressure someday.

And in addition to that…

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<Notice: Don’t cause unnecessary problems>

-[Oh right]

-[Gather all the May Clan users and bases and bring them in]

-[We’re trying to crush the dove faction’s opinions, not eliminate the clan]

-[How do we do that?]

-[Just bring them in, damn it]

-[We need to restore the destroyed May Clan]

-[Are we just going to throw away people who make up a percentage of our clan’s strength?]

-[But we’re the ones who crushed them]

-[There’s no trace that it was us. Stop talking nonsense and go encourage the May Clan users, bring them to ‘Toledo’ (Magellan’s level 9 stronghold)]

-[Then give them ‘Valencia’ nearby to rebuild]

-[Isn’t Valencia a level 6 stronghold? Isn’t that higher level than the headquarters the May Clan originally had?]

-[You’re giving them that?]

-[It’s too annoying to explain in detail, but basically, suspicions keep coming up in forums that we crushed the May Clan]

-[This will silence those suspicions at once, and help the May Clan recover faster, so just do it]

-[Okay]

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They were naturally trying to resolve the ongoing slander (which was actually true) against the Magellan Clan in forums.

Before long, Icarus’s invasion of the May Clan left only the result of “Unlimited Mercenary Corps is awesome!”

And all the other stories were being made to fizzle out, or so they say.

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